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DVD review: 'End of the Road' weirder, more abstract than the book
John Barth surely ranks among the least screen-adaptable modern (or, perhaps, postmodern) American novelists. His stories are about themselves; the words, their own subject. It's not surprising that only one of his books has made it to the big screen....
Tags: Stacy Keach, Harris Yulin, Steven Soderbergh, James Earl Jones, Manhattan (New York City)
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Telluride Film Festival lineup: 'Hyde Park,' 'Iceman,' 'Argo'
Movie fans trekking to Telluride, Colo., for the resort town’s annual film festival this weekend are set to see some of the fall’s most anticipated performances, including Bill Murray as FDR in “Hyde Park on Hudson,” Michael...
Tags: Festive Events, Ira Glass, Winona Ryder, Central Intelligence Agency, Celebrities
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'Trishna' review: Beauty and the east
**1/2 (out of four) "Trishna" opens as if it could be an Indian cousin of "The Hangover," as Jay (Riz Ahmed of "Four Lions") and his fellow vacationing dudes either lounge and laugh freely or lay around nursing the night before. Few of the women in this...
Tags: Thomas Hardy, Trishna (movie), Roman Polanski, Slumdog Millionaire (movie)
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'Trishna' moves 'Tess' to a turbulent India -- 2 1/2 stars
Updating "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" from late 19th century Wessex to contemporary India, the protean director Michael Winterbottom combines his love of Thomas Hardy with an instinct for on-the-ground, socially engaged storytelling in"Trishna." The title...
Tags: Riz Ahmed, India, Roshan Seth, Thomas Hardy, Trishna (movie)
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Trishna
Fox 5 San Diego staffThis movie is based on the novel by Thomas Hardy (no, not the villain in the latest Batman). That novel from the 1800s is brought into modern-day India. Trishna (Frieda Pinto) is trying to help her dad, who fell asleep in his truck and got badly injured....Tags: Riz Ahmed, Thomas Hardy, Jack Nicholson, Mumbai (India), Slumdog Millionaire (movie)
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Andy Klein's top 10 films of 2011
There are numerous inherent flaws and absurdities in the process of compiling Top 10s and Best ofs; nonetheless, here are my favorite films released in Los Angeles in the calendar year 2011. In my version of this imperfect exercise, “favorite”...Tags: Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Abbas Kiarostami, Documentary (genre)
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List of films and release dates in summer 2012
May 4 The Avengers A team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor unite to save the world. With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth. Written and directed by Joss Whedon. In Imax 3-D. Walt Disney...
Tags: Peter Morgan, Zoe Kazan, Zach Galifianakis, Stranger Than Fiction, Music
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Goodbye Mulder, hello Ahab: Gillian Anderson talks 'Moby Dick'
Show TrackerGillian Anderson left "The X-Files" behind for literary classics. She talks about playing Mrs. Ahab in Encore's miniseries "Moby Dick" with William Hurt.... -
Weekend movies — lotsa love for the ‘Apes,’ no love for Reynolds, Bateman and ‘The Change-Up
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThe reviews vary in their degrees of enthusiasm, but almost everybody was pleasantly surprised by “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” which seemed like a dog of summer — the first trailers looked fake and digital, the studio held it back... -
2011 Summer movies list
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The Beaver
A once-successful toy executive and family man suffering from depression begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet. With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and Anton Yelchin. Written by Kyle Killen. Directed by Foster. Summit...Tags: Paul Feig, January Jones, Ted Alexandro, Roschdy Zem, Zach Galifianakis
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Movie Review: The Trip
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelSteve Coogan and Rob Brydon revive their funny, odd and unbalanced “relationship” in “The Trip,” a largely improvised and often very funny road picture about two comic actors visiting the great roads and great restaurants of ...
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